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created aqueducts to carry clean water to the city. Built sewers to carry waste away from the city. Used filtering systems in public baths to prevent disease.
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Developed an organized method to examine the human body.
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Important because it helped establish many medical events
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Important because it helps the safety of others and helps people get better and be in a place with experienced people.
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Based diagnoses on observations of the signs and symptoms of diseases.
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Promoted chemical remedies to treat disease. Helped cure some diseases.
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Published the first anatomy book
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Used dissection to draw the human body more realistically. Important because it helps see the human anatomy easily and helps learn it.
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Described the circulatory system in the lungs. Described how digestion is a source of heat for the body.
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Established the use of ligatures to blind arteries and stop bleeding.
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Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart
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Created the first mercury thermometer. Important because it helps determine when people are sick.
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Established scientific surgical procedures. Important because it helps make people better.
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Introduced tube feeding.
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Discovered a vaccination for smallpox.
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Established efficient and sanitary nursing
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Discovered the germ theory.
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Founded The American Red Cross